Re: [HACKERS] other changes

>
> Also, during the pgindent run, we have TypeTupleForm and
> AttributeTupleForm, while we also have Form_pg_class, etc.
>
> Seems they should be named similar.  It will make the Developers FAQ
> item 9 easier to understand if we have uniform way to cast a HeapTuple
> pointer.
>
>     TypeTupleForm -> Form_pg_type
>
> In fact the comments in pg_type.h talk about Form_pg_type, but they then
> define TypeTupleForm.
>
> Any problems with changing this?
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> /* ----------------
>  *      Form_pg_type corresponds to a pointer to a row with
>  *      the format of pg_type relation.
>  * ----------------
>  */
> typedef TypeTupleFormData *TypeTupleForm;
>

There is a lot of 'ObjectVerb' naming in postgres. And some the other way too.
Personally, having looked at Illustra code a few years, I am quite comfortable
with the 'TypeTupleForm' flavor and would be badly confused by 'Form_pg_type'
as I think of the result of the call as a 'TypeTuple', not as a 'pg_type'.

Also, I suspect the TypeTupleForm style usage is more common in the code.

-dg

David Gould            dg@informix.com           510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468
Informix Software  (No, really)         300 Lakeside Drive  Oakland, CA 94612
 - If simplicity worked, the world would be overrun with insects. -